Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

King Lear by William Shakespeare

6 reviews

thorney's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

mbomersheim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Yet another required reading. 

King Lear by William Shakespeare is one of the most iconic of his plays. I don’t think that I can concisely describe the plot because a lot happens over the course of the five acts in this tragedy, so I’m simply not going to try. There is a good amount of scheming, lots of fantastic insults, and death. I’m not going to lie, I was kind of confused for a good portion of this play (I definitely needed to draw myself a character map to track everything), so it took me a hot minute to get through, but I thought it was fine nonetheless. While it was not my favorite of Shakespeare’s works (since A Midsummer Night’s Dream has my heart), this was pretty solid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Violence

Minor: War, Death, Murder, and Suicide

kirame's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: War, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexism

ifweweresorrows's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

harmony822's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Torture

ashleycmms's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness